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Dragons' Den Ireland

  • 11-03-2010 11:25pm
    #1
    Gang of Gin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭


    No one ever seems to invest in this show and when they do it appears they get goaded into an investment basing it on the apparent interest of their investor buddies.

    Would one think that it's the poor quality of the inventions/ideas by the people looking for investment or would it be that the 'Dragons' wouldn't have the same kind of finance as their counterparts in the UK to be throwing money at something speculative and want to play it cagey?

    A little off the point too, but half the potential investors that find themselves in front of the panel are always seriously out of breath. How many flights of steps do they have to climb to humiliate themselves - maybe an idea for the show might be to install a few emergency breathing apparatus about the place.


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  • #2
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    Probably should be in the TV forum but I like the show, can inspire a bit of initiative


  • #3
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    maybe because we are more shrewd than our uk conterparts?


  • #4
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    I dont like this thread and for that reason, Im out


  • #5
    Fear Uladh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 810 ✭✭✭Fear Uladh


    I like the english ones better, the Irish one is a load of ****e.


  • #6
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Stee wrote: »
    I dont like this thread and for that reason, Im out

    Seconds Stee, beat me by seconds .. :p


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  • #7
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Seconds Stee, beat me by seconds .. :p

    You gotta get up very early in the morning to catch me pete, or in this case, late at night.


  • #8
    connundrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭connundrum


    I'd a great idea about getting Joe Public to send me their unused gold so that I could sell it on for a small profit but..


  • #9
    Gang of Gin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭Gang of Gin


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    maybe because we are more shrewd than our uk conterparts?


    Hmm, perhaps too shrewd. Copying a show that had much investment throughout its series is interesting - when there's practically none on the Irish show, maybe it shouldn't be on television - just a panel crafting ways to justify why they won't want to invest. Not something that makes interesting viewing. For example, it's now into it's 2nd series and that English girl only made her first investment last week. Fair enough, but it doesn't really make for a good show.


  • #10
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    Stee wrote: »
    You gotta get up very early in the morning to catch me pete, or in this case, late at night.

    pat mustard?


  • #11
    the keen edge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭the keen edge


    Gang of Gin wrote: »
    A little off the point too, but half the potential investors that find themselves in front of the panel are always seriously out of breath. How many flights of steps do they have to climb to humiliate themselves - maybe an idea for the show might be to install a few emergency breathing apparatus about the place.

    Will ya stop,that's the best part of the show, seeing those duochebag's out of breath and squirming. I say add more stairs and an assault course with land mines. We'd see then how much they want to 'make it'.


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  • #12
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    pat mustard?

    Was going for Chief Wiggum "They only come out at night. Or, in this case, uh, the daytime."


  • #13
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Stee wrote: »
    You gotta get up very early in the morning to catch me pete, or in this case, late at night.

    Seconds earlier, seconds .. :mad:

    Nah, you made a better job of the Pun, mine was an amateur effort at best :D


  • #14
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,230 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Gang of Gin wrote: »
    No one ever seems to invest in this show and when they do it appears they get goaded into an investment basing it on the apparent interest of their investor buddies.

    Would one think that it's the poor quality of the inventions/ideas by the people looking for investment or would it be that the 'Dragons' wouldn't have the same kind of finance as their counterparts in the UK to be throwing money at something speculative and want to play it cagey?

    A little off the point too, but half the potential investors that find themselves in front of the panel are always seriously out of breath. How many flights of steps do they have to climb to humiliate themselves - maybe an idea for the show might be to install a few emergency breathing apparatus about the place.

    Get yourself on the show and put the squeeze on them for an investment in your new line of executive breathing equipment.


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